Sydney Nudist Beaches

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Nudism, also referred as naturism, is legal in Australia provided you do it in an appropriate place. Outside of privately run clubs and naturist venues, there are very few places where you can practice naturism legally.

In NSW there are five beaches where nudity is permitted legally. These are:

Sydney: Lady Bay (aka Lady Jane), Obelisk, Cobblers

South Coast: Werrong, Armonds

North Coast: Birdie, Samurai, Grassy Head

There are also a few beaches where local councils have erected signs indicating that nude bathing is permitted. You can legally be nude on those beaches, but their status can change at short notice. These are:

1804 - The Battle of Vinegar Hill, colony of New South Wales (Australia), when Irish convicts (some of whom had been involved in Irelandís Battle of Vinegar Hill in 1798) led the colony's only significant convict uprising.

1989 - The first election are held in the newly independent Australian Capital Territory.